Christian Lopez may have to pay Uncle Sam taxes to the tune of around $14,000 for “gifts” he received from the Yankees for giving Derek Jeter the 3,000th-hit ball (“The Taxman Squeezeth — More,” Editorial, July 15).

But will Jeter have to pay taxes for the 3,000th-hit ball that Lopez gave him? After all, experts have valued the ball at anywhere between $150,000 and $200,000.

Dan Arp

Round Top

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“The Taxman Squeezeth” actually has a happy ending, in that Lopez is receiving assistance from Miller High Life and the Modell’s sporting-goods stores.

They are teaming up to help pay his taxes and even his student-loan debt.

Miller and Modell’s deserve praise for their generosity.

It seems everyone here is generous — with the exception of the IRS.

Had the Fair Tax Act of 2011, introduced by Rep. Rob Woodall, already been adopted, this would not have been an issue.

Lopez wouldn’t have been taxed on his windfall and wouldn’t have suffered a moment of IRS angst.

His generosity and the appreciative response by the Yankees would have been the only story, and a good one at that.